Eyes on or hands on? A discussion of human interference

[Shardul]

@Pckts

How can you even compare T-24 with T42? Once again, you are oversimplifying and mixing things.

First of all, T-24 wasn't a threat to all people per se, he was a threat to people on foot (rangers and villagers). Not tourist vehicles. In fact, he was very calm around tourist vehicles. The first time I saw him, he was sleeping while surrounded by 20 vehicles, absolutely unperturbed. The second time, he was along the side of the road, feeding on a sambar and as the vehicles kept piling on, he abandoned the kill and started resting at a distance (disgusting behavior by the jeep drivers). I now think it's his superficial calm behaviour around tourist vehicles that is driving this misconception. They must be thinking, how can this be a dangerous tiger when he is so calm around us? But thats the thing, tigers mostly attack people on foot. When was the last  time you heard a tourist being attacked in a jeep? 

T-24 attacked people after stalking them with an intention to kill, with a clean bite to the neck, just like he would do to a prey and also ate 2 of them. A tiger acting in self defence will simply make a paw swipe and run away. Tigers are opportunistic killers. A man eating tiger will not pounce on every human it sees, they sometimes go a long period without making any human kill, even if the opportunity is there. Ustad was a temperamental, unpredictable tiger who killed at intervals and so was given a long rope. The rangers and the villagers have lived their lives among wild tigers, they know how to keep a safe distance. Believe me, they do value their own lives.

T-42 OTOH, is the exact opposite. He used to charge at tourist vehicles initially when his area was opened for tourism. He hadn't seen any vehicles before, hence charged. But those were mock charges aimed at drving away the vehicles. He doesn't even do that now. He has never attacked or killed a human, neither on foot, nor in a vehicle. How can you compare him with Ustad is beyond me.
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